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(a) Unless a rule specifies a different procedure for a cross-petition for certiorari, the rules for a petition for certiorari apply to cross-petitions.

(b) A cross-petition for a writ of certiorari may be filed within 21 days after the first petition was filed. When filing the cross-petition, cross-petitioner must pay the docketing fee. The cross-petitioner must serve one copy of the petition on each of the parties to the proceedings in the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.

(c) a cross-petitioner need not duplicate the appendix filed by petitioner

Notes

L.A.R. 112.1 - 112.14 were enacted in 2007. The rules were amended in 2008 to provide for electronic filing.

Source: 48 U.S.C. § 1613